NEWS

Jan 24 - AETHOS Consulting Group is pleased to announce the acquisition of Seak International, a human resources consulting firm with a significant track record serving Fortune 500, mid-sized, and family/entrepreneurial companies in industries including hospitality, retail, manufacturing, consumer goods, manufacturing, and financial services. Principals Gary Pearl and Deborah Eininger have joined the AETHOS team and be Read More

June 22 - Hotel, tourism, and hospitality business writer Terence Baker, Senior Reporter at Hotel News Now/CoStar, looked at the UK labour market (click here). "Furlough schemes, the huge reduction in revenue, employees seeking and finding new industries to call home and the lingering effects of Brexit all have created concerns for hoteliers," he says. To find Read More

May 4 - IMHI Essec Business School will be organising an interactive roundtable discussion for its MBA students, to be held May 26. Focused on exploring the post-pandemic business landscape, the Paris-based leading hospitality institution invited AETHOS' London-based Managing Director Thomas Mielke to share his insights, thoughts and advice. With the industry having been forced Read More

March 23 - Hotel, tourism, and hospitality business writer Terence Baker, Senior Reporter at Hotel News Now/CoStar, looked at the European recruitment landscape (click here). He asked, "From a talent and recruitment perspective, will the European hospitality sector look different once it emerges from COVID?". To find out, he spoke with and interviewed industry professionals, including AETHOS' Read More

  March 2 - The scope of hospitality is ever-evolving - how will this continue to challenge the industry in the decade to come? Mindsets and preferences are shifting faster than some can adapt. At the core of navigating this evolution are the people who need to adopt a multi-generational perspective in order to drive business transformation Read More

Nov 18 - The Club Management Association of America, founded in 1927 and by now the largest professional association for managers of membership clubs with 6,800 members throughout the US and internationally, recently invited AETHOS' Matt Peterson to present a webinar on talent, human resources and self development. The online discussion will take place December 3 and is Read More

Oct 16 - Cornell University's School of Hotel Administration recently invited AETHOS' Dr. Jim Houran to present a webinar on applied assessments. The online discussion was held October 8 and was geared towards complementing the Human Resources Management curriculum of Master-level graduate students. The class of approximately 60 students also sampled AETHOS’ new 20|20xf assessment. The Read More

Oct 1 - The Annual Hotel Conference (AHC), organised by Questex and normally held in Manchester, has moved online. For its upcoming virtual event, held October 8-9, it invited AETHOS' London-based Managing Director Thomas Mielke to host a career roundtable discussion. Mielke will be facilitating a conversation which will aim to provide practical tips, tricks and Read More

Sept 14 - Engage!,  in collaboration with International Hospitality Media and the Urban Living Festival, invites AETHOS' London-based Managing Director Thomas Mielke to speak at its upcoming event, held September 24. The roundtable discussion will be an interactive virtual event, and provide participants with the opportunity to share insights, comments and questions with other delegates and Read More

Aug 28 - The Hotel Asset Management Association (HAMA) invites AETHOS' New York-based Managing Director David Mansbach  to speak at its upcoming gathering. The roundtable discussion will be held virtually but provide participants with the opportunity to share insights, comments and questions with other Hama members and the panellists. Mansbach will be speaking about his insights Read More

July 10 - Hospitality Inside's Susanne Stauss speaks with AETHOS' London-based Managing Director Thomas Mielke about the human resources challenges faced by the hospitality industry during times of Covid; and about managing costs, company restructurings and 'learning to let go'. Mielke highlights the importance for management to "keep the long game in mind" and for Read More

July 03 - Gustavo Serbia, an accomplished HR executive with experience in the hospitality, aviation and real estate sectors, invites AETHOS' James Houran, Ph.D.,  to talk about human resources, workforce engagement and talent management. In the video chat, Gustavo and 'Dr. Jim', AETHOS' in-house  workplace psychologist and practice leader of its performance management division 20I20 Read More

June 23 - Seatrade Cruise Events, the leading global cruise industry conference organizer,  announces a series of 'virtual conversations', webinars and podcasts with cruise professionals and industry leaders from around the world. The 'SeatradeCruiseTalks' will focus on the challenges of the current - and future - business environment.  The upcoming webinar, moderated by Ryan Stana Read More

May 28 - AETHOS Consulting Group Managing Directors Keith Kefgen and Thomas Mielke participated earlier this month in initiatives by Ecole Hoteliere de Lausanne, sharing insights and thoughts on leadership, crisis management as well as career building in times of crisis. Kefgen's web show was moderated by Anita Mendiratta, Special Advisor to the Secretary General of Read More

Keith Kefgen, CEO of AETHOS Consulting Group Monday March 2, 2020 “Just a few weeks ago, AETHOS released our Annual Lodging CEO Compensation Survey indicating that the highest paid Lodging CEO is Disney’s Bob Iger at $65 million, with a take home bonus of $18 million ,and  the largest of the stock grants (valued at Read More

(February 26, 2020) –  AETHOS Consulting Group, the leader in hospitality-focused human capital advisory, recently published The 2020 Chain Restaurant CFO Report, sharing current compensation information for Chief Financial Officers (CFOs) in the chain restaurant sector. More than 150 data points were collected via a confidential survey and additional information was aggregated from publicly traded Read More

(February 4, 2020) –  In his annual review of CEO compensation in the U.S. lodging sector, AETHOS Consulting Group CEO Keith Kefgen shares candid insights as a result of his most recent assessment. “A year passes with the hotel industry having solid but unspectacular performance,” shares Kefgen. “But what we did glean from last year’s Read More

January, 2020 - AETHOS Consulting Group’s UK and US Managing Directors have gathered their collective thought leadership and now share predictions, concerns and issues for the hospitality industry in 2020. For this monumental year, the issues, unsurprisingly, relate to finding labour, particularly in light of politics across the globe, and technology. Some of AETHOS’s observations Read More

October 31, 2019 - London-based AETHOS Managing Director Thomas Mielke says "sustainability as a critical goal in hospitality today has become mainstream." This has also had a significant impact on the role of the Human Resources and Talent Management departments across hospitality organisations across the globe.  "Whereas in the past the industry would have mainly Read More

October 30, 2019 –  As the list of public gaming CEOs continues to shrink due to consolidation and the growing competition of technology-based options,  “gaming” in its broadest sense will force any entertainment organization to consider a multi-segment strategy (think the NFL, FanDuel, DraftKings, and Jay-Z). The casino industry will be no different, as younger Read More

    October 22, 2019 – The Hospitality Sales and Marketing Association International (HSMAI) Foundation recently hosted its first-ever Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO) Executive Roundtable during The Lodging Conference, held in Phoenix, Arizona. The goal of the roundtable was to bring together top hiring professionals in hospitality to discuss grassroots strategies to improve talent Read More

September 10, 2019 – As our industry now embarks upon its critical third quarter of the year, and conference season is back in full swing, the partners of (hospitality-focused human capital advisory) AETHOS Consulting are gathering their collective observations and insights to share with lodging, food and beverage, and tourism leaders. Some of these issues Read More

August 26, 2019 - AETHOS Managing Director David Mansbach has announced that he has joined the board of directors of WITS, Wellness in the Schools. The national non-profit, whose vision is to end childhood obesity, teaches children healthy eating habits in order to “learn and live better.” “I want to be a part of this movement, Read More

August 14, 2019 - Seatrade Europe recently spoke to Thomas Mielke, London-based Managing Director of AETHOS Consulting Group. Mielke will be moderating a panel discussion at the upcoming cruise conference to be held at the Hamburg Messe Hallen September 11-13, 2019. Here is what he had to say on some of the topics which will Read More

August 7, 2019 - In a recent study of the compensation of the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) position in 33 public gaming companies, conducted by hospitality human capital advisory firm AETHOS Consulting Group, results showed that incentive compensation constitutes a large portion of executive pay today, particularly in the gaming sector. In the case of Read More

July, 2019 - Hospitality industry experts gathered in New York to talk about increasing labour costs - and how those are starting to filter into how both buyers and sellers are looking at hotel real estate assets. The Lodging Industry Investment Council members agreed that labour is increasingly becoming the 'top issue' in the industry. Read More

June, 2019 - AETHOS Consulting Group’s Managing Directors in Europe and the United States have gathered their collective observations regarding leadership and talent among the Food & Beverage, Cruise, and Private Club arenas. Some of these issues transcend across borders and continents and some cross over into other disciplines of the industry too. According to Read More

June, 2019 - Hotel developers see opportunity in opportunity zones, but caution the real estate designation is not a “panacea” to make every project pencil, according to members of the Lodging Industry Investment Council. Talking to Hotel News Now at the LIIC meeting during the 2019 NYU International Hospitality Industry Investment Conference, owners and developers said Read More

June, 2019 - Hotels Magazine's summer 2019 issue is looking at a variety of different human capital, talent and labour topics. From labour shortages to diversity at a firm's leadership level to the #MeToo movement - various industry experts are sharing their thoughts on those hot topic, including AETHOS' New York-based Managing Director Keith Kefgen. Read More

May, 2019 - Seatrade Europe (September 11-13, 2019) is the leading trade event of the European cruise and river cruise industry, organised by Hamburg Messe und Congress GmbH, in partnership with Seatrade (Informa Markets). It is held in Hamburg, Germany’s famous seaport on the Elbe River. Industry decision-makers and professionals will meet to exchange ideas, Read More